Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/26 – 7/6/2022)

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Eric Sublett: The Creative Life, UT Downtown Gallery (Photo by Gary Heatherly)
Current Location of Kopita, 524 South Gay Street, Knoxville, June 2022

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Sunday, June 26

 

Monday, June 27 

  • 2022 Summer Showcase Exhibition: Prints by UT Knoxville Undergraduate & Graduate Students, Faculty and Staff, UT Printmaking Showcase Gallery, second floor, Art & Architecture Building, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri through Sept 2)
  • Works by Debbie Alley Friday, Awaken Coffee, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
  • “You Should’ve Been There!” 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair, East Tennessee Historical Society, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Mon – Fri / 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Oct 9), $8 – $10
  • June Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Yappy Hour, The Bark, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Mondays through Aug 29)
  • Customer Appreciation Day, Maple Hall, 4:00 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Learning to Color Match with Acrylic Paint, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP 
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Showing: Hedwig and the Angry Itch / OVA Extreme Anime Series, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Monday: Open Mic Night, hosted by Chris Marshall, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29)
  • Monday Night Summer Cornhole with Tennessee Brew Works, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm (weekly through the summer)
  • David Zavracky, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Amos Lee, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $50 – $75, RSVP
  • Misnomer, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Thomas Caswell Band, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Big Gay Honky Tonk Hoedown benefiting Positively Living, Brother Wolf, 9:00 pm, $5

 

Tuesday, June 28

  • Online: Green Industry Virtual Field Day, hosted by UT Entomology and Plant Pathology, Plant Sciences and UT AgResearch, 8:00 am – 1:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Artwork by Leesa Osburn, Lox Salon, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm (Tues- Fri) / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sat), through July 31
  • Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, City of Knoxville Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Ave, 9:00 am – 10:30 am
  • Women’s Capital Series: Entrepreneur Session 1, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 17 Market Square, 9:00 am – 10:30 am, FREE! but RSVP
  • Zoom: Teach Tennessee History Webinar: Tennessee State Constitution 1796-1870, hosted by East Tennessee Historic Society, 10:00 am – noon
  • Weekly Art Therapy, Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee, 715 E Magnolia Ave, 10:00 am – noon (Tuesdays through Aug 2)
  • Women Artists Highlights from the Hunter Museum and the KMA, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues- Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through July 24
  • Dolly Art Exhibitions, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun), through July 29
  • New Members Exhibition, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through June 30
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Dark Waters Project, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Women’s Capital Series: Investor Session 1, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 17 Market Square, noon – 1:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Gelli Printed Postcards, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $25, RSVP
  • KMA Book Club: Broad Strokes, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Showing: Flux Gourmet, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Tuesday Gypsy Mutt Club with SBRET, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Jazz on the Square: Margherita Fava Trio, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Macrame Bottle Sling Workshop with KnoxCrafts, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm, $25, RSVP
  • Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $48 – $85, RSVP
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Misnomer, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm 
Eric Sublett: The Creative Life, UT Downtown Gallery (Photo by Gary Heatherly)

Wednesday, June 29

  • June Artwork, Lox Salon, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm (Tues- Fri) / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sat), through July 31
  • Kid A’Riffic Fun in the Park, World’s Fair Park, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Billy Don Burns / Jeremy Joyce, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • The Declaration of Independence and Pirates, Brown Bag 2022 Lecture Series with Dr. Chris Magra, East Tennessee History Center, noon, FREE! but RSVP
  • Pint Night For ChainFree Knoxville! with The Fox & Fogarty Team, Knox Brew Hub, 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  • Stammtisch – Start a Conversation, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  • Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Showing: Flux Gourmet/  Flux Gourmet, Central Cinema, 6:00 / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Union Avenue Book Club @ The Hub: Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner (Non-fiction) / Book Lovers by Emily Henry (Fiction), Knox Brew Hub, 6:30 pm
  • Final Singer/Songwriter Open Mic, Geezers Brewery, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through June 29)
  • Wednesday Live Music: Toby Gibson, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Jessica Watson, Cecilia Wright & Greg Horne Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Knox Pride Presents: Pride Month Bingo benefiting Knox Pride Community & Resource Center @ Maple Hall, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $20, RSVP
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
  • Chad Bishop, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Thursday, June 30

  • Benefit Luncheon Honoring Historian Steve Cotham hosted by the Knoxville History Project, Foundry at World’s Fair Park, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, donations encouraged, RSVP
  • Uncomfortable but Necessary Series: Mental Health #1, United Way of Greater Knoxville, 1301 Hannah Ave, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, $10, RSVP
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Leah Ross & Cruz Contreras / Rowdy Around Midnight, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Final Pint Nights benefiting Friends of Literacy at Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm 
  • Doodle Meet-Up, The Bark, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • WDVX Six O’Clock Swerve with Matt Woods, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm
  • Irish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm
  • Showing: Film on Film: Sunrise, Central Cinema, 7:30, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Filmnacht in the Biergarten: Dune, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 8:30 pm
  • Todays Top Hits, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • FIESTA: Tropical Nights, raising awareness for Xhunger.com @ Mirage Knoxville, 9:00 pm – 3:00 am, $10 – $170, RSVP
  • Matt Nelson Trio, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm

 

Friday, July 1

 

Saturday, July 2

Eric Sublett: The Creative Life, UT Downtown Gallery (Photo by Gary Heatherly)

Sunday, July 3

 

Monday, July 4

  • Waldo Scavenger Hunt, Downtown Knoxville, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm (daily July 31)
  • Evan Richey Memorial Pops for Patients Donation Drive Part 1, Tall Man Toys & Comics, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm (daily through July 14)
  • 2022 Summer Showcase Exhibition: Prints by UT Knoxville Undergraduate & Graduate Students, Faculty and Staff, UT Printmaking Showcase Gallery, second floor, Art & Architecture Building, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri through Sept 2)
  • Works by Debbie Alley Friday, Awaken Coffee, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
  • “You Should’ve Been There!” 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair, East Tennessee Historical Society, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Mon – Fri / 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Oct 9), $8 – $10
  • July Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • July 4th Celebration, James White’s Fort, 10 am – 11:30 am
  • Mighty Musical Monday, Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
  • Yappy Hour, The Bark, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Mondays through Aug 29)
  • Festival on the 4th, World’s Fair Park, 5:00 pm -10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Fourth of July on Mabry’s Hill, Mabry-Hazen House and Bethel Cemetery, 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm, free – $15
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Open Mic Night, hosted by Chris Marshall, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29) 
  • Monday Night Summer Cornhole with Tennessee Brew Works, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm (weekly through the summer)
  • Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • July 4th Celebration, The Sunsphere, 7:00 pm, $49 – $150, RSVP
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • 38th Annual Free Independence Day Concert, World’s Fair Park – Knoxville, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm

 

Tuesday, July 5

  • Artwork by Leesa Osburn, Lox Salon, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm (Tues- Fri) / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sat), through July 31
  • Weekly Art Therapy, Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee, 715 E Magnolia Ave, 10:00 am – noon (Tuesdays through Aug 2)
  • Women Artists Highlights from the Hunter Museum and the KMA, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues- Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through July 24
  • Dolly Art Exhibitions, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun), through July 29
  • New Members Exhibition, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through June 30
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Big Fun Tuesdays at Mead’s Quarry, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Songwriter Open Mic at Next Level! with Tinca Tinca, Next Level Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Tuesday Weekly Event: Gypsy Mutt Club with SBRET, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • July Investors Meetup and 2-Year Anniversary! with Charles Gorman, Realtor, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Trivia Tuesday – Game of Thrones Edition! Xül Beer Co, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
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